Long-arm fruit-picker.



A. R. SHAW.

LONG ARM FRUIT PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1912 Patented July 29, 1913.

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citizen of the 1Billings',' in. the county of Yellowstone and have invented certain I Arm Fruit-Pickers,

the claims,

To all whom-it-mory concern? State of Montana,

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. Be-it known that I, ALEXANDER R. Straw, United States; residing at new and. useful Improvements in Longof which the following ts a peoification." v I his invention relates to improvements} in fruitpickers, and has for one of its ob- I ciency and utility of devices ofthis character. 4

Another bbject of the invention-ie -to pro-' vide a simply'constructed device which nag inaccessible parts of :1

Fig.2 is a perspective View of a. modified.

form of the construction.

. 0 to in the following description and indi- Corresponding and like parts are referred cated in all theviews-of thedrawings by the some reference characters.

r The improved device comprises general a supporting stock which form of a solid pole or rod represented at 10,' or in tubular form; as represented at 1-1.

The picker portion of the improved-device of wire and consists of rear arms 17- -18 secured at their lf ower ends to the bowed in opppsit'e -directions and and spaced .apart.

iii-the stock and bowed one side of the cage are specification or Letters Patent. Applioation filed July '10, 1912. Serial No. 708,718.

loops are formed as a, part of the forward and improve the construe 2the stop" loops and support each other and are effectually prevented from "displacement may be in thecom rises a fruit receiving cage formed, .wholl 40" v stock and thence bent forwardly and entwisted at 16-- intermediate the ends .wi'th the terminals -presented forwardly Forward arms 22 23 arelikewise secured I at their lower ends in opposite directions, and intermediate 1 arms 19-2O connected at their lower ends in the stock and bowed in opposite directions. The-upper terminal'of one of the rear. arms and the upper terminals of the forward and and .side arm at "united byentwisting portions of the wire of which they are constructed, as shown at 14',v while the upper terminal of the other rearsideo located various rearwardly and Patented July 29, 1913.

arm and the upper terminals of the forward arm and intermediate arm at the other side ofthe cage'are entwis'ted; as shown -.at 15.

Stop loops l2 13 are formed at the for-' ward lower portion of the cage to coact with the lower portions ofthe several arms --to form a shallow receptacle for the fruit and thus prevent the latter from rolling from the cage after being severed. .In Fig," 1 the arms 222e, 'while' in Fig, are separate members connected to ,the tubular-stop; Bythis simple means it willbe obvious that the several arms-reinforce by lateral strains. At their lower ends the various arms are entwiste'd,

ture of the stock li-iand thus unites the cage to the stock a In the modified structure shown in Fig-c 2, the terminals of the various members 17l8=19120=22-23 are connected to therim of the tubular stock 11, and preferahly spaced at uniform distances apart around the ringwhile the stops 12*13 are" likewise independently connected to 'th'e 4 i The portions of th'ernihbe'm 17-48 V tween the arms IP20 and the twisted con= nection 16', are diverged toward the" latter and thus forlnla which is. adapted stem: of the fruit I serve: as the knife orfsever ngn of the picker.

gradually reduced cavity When the structure shown in- Fig IiseIn-I 5 ployedgthe arms 14- -15 are passed at each -the stem of the fruit with the'frult within the cage formed by the laterally curvingwires and force applied to break the stem and dc osit-the fru1t-witl1in-the"cage. The rod is-t en lowered until the fruit can be removed manuallyor caused to'fall therefrom by o'vertur'ningthe device.- 'When the'struc.

-tu re shown in Fig.2is employed, the same operation-is ursued except that the fruit instead of-fa. ling into the cage passes Into the tube 11 and passesfrom .,thence at the the o eratoi'. Either of the formsshown m'a e'employed. 4 5

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105; lowerend where'itis caught in the hand of he-imgroved device is simple in construci e inexpensively manufactured and of any required size to adapt it to fruit of various kinds.

The stock or 11 may be of any required length to enable the device to be employed for gathering otherwise inaccessible fruit. The fruit may thus be picked by the improved device without the necessity of employing ladders or other devices for elevating the operator.

T heclaws or arms of the fruit picker may be made of cast iron or steel if desired, the claims following, covering the structure of the device irrespective of the material of which it is made.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as 'new is:

l. A fruit picker including a supporting stock, a fruit receiving cage comprising rear arms connected at their lower ends in the stock and bowed in opposite directions and united intermediate theirends and with the upper terminals extended forwardly and spaced apart, side arms connected at their lower ends in the stock and bowed in opposite directions and united respectively at their upper terminals to the terminals of the rear arms.

2. The fruit picker including a supporting .arm and intermediate arm at one side of the cage to one of the upper terminals of one of the rear arms, and means for connecting the upper terminals of the'forward arm and intermediate arm at the other side of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the .washingt'om 1D. 0;

cage to the upper terminal of the other rear arm.

stock and a fruit receiving cage comprising rear arms connected at their lower ends 1n 3. A fruit picker including a supporting the stock and bowed in opposite directions and twisted intermediate their ends and with the upper terminals extended forwardly and spaced apart, forward arms connected at their lower ends 1n the stockand bowed in opposite directions, intermediate arms connected at the lower ends in the stock and bowed in oppositedirections, the upper terminals of one of said rear arms bei entwisted with the upper terminals 0 the forward arm and intermediate arm at one side of the cage, and with the upper terminal of the other rear arm entwisted with the .upper terminals of the forward arm and intermediate arm at the other side of the cage.

. 4. A fruit picker including asupporting.

stock, a fruit receiving cage comprisingrear arms connected at their lower ends inthe stock and bowed in opposite directions and united intermediate their ends and with the upper terminals extended forwardly: and spaced apart, forward arms connected at their lower ends in the stock and bowed in opposite directions, intermediate arms connected at their lower ends m the stock and necting the upper terminals of the forward bowed in opposite directions, means for'conarms-and intermediate arms at one sideof the cage to one of the upper terminals of one ofthe rear arms, and means .for connecting the upper intermediate arm at the other arm.. 7 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature presence of two witnesses. J ALEXANDER R. SHAW. [1 9;] Witnesses: I

LEON S. Farming, FLORENCE M. UBBARI Commissioner 6: mam,

.80 terminals of the forward arm and:

side of the cage to "the upper terminal of the other rear 

